News

21 May
Biffa boosts its fleet with new body variants

Integrated waste management and recycling leader Biffa has added 43 more Mercedes-Benz Econic trucks – including its first skiploaders and hookloaders based on the low-entry chassis – to the 51 it acquired in 2017-18.

These vehicles were all supplied by South Wales Dealer Euro Commercials...

26 Apr
Is Britain’s van community accelerating its health issues?

Not enough males within the UK’s van community are regularly checking in with the doctor, our latest Business Barometer report reveals. Is this a window into the general attitudes of British men? And could we be doing more to look after ourselves?

22 Feb
Colin Laver Heating - ‘firing on all cylinders’

Family-run Colin Laver Heating has taken another step on the road to an all-Mercedes-Benz van fleet with the recent arrivals from local Dealer Euro Commercials of another eight Vito models, and its first X-Class pickup.

Managing Director Howard Leyshon and his wife Sherryl, the Company Se...

14 Dec
TRL wins Zero Emissions HGV Technologies review

The Transport Research Laboratory has won the Highways England and Department for Transport bid to conduct a study into zero emission HGV technologies as part of the Government’s wider Road to Zero strategy.

Due for completion in February 2019, the project will underpin one of the Road To...

07 Dec
LJX turns over a new leaf with FUSO Canter

When it comes to buying the right truck, distance doesn’t matter to LJX Tree Services – which explains why the fast-growing Scottish firm has just acquired its third FUSO Canter within the last six months from South Wales Dealer Euro Commercials.

03 Dec
Van man’s best friend?

The UK’s professional drivers spend on average 17 hours completely alone on the roads each week. It’s little surprise, then, that almost a third (32%) of these drivers choose to battle against loneliness and poor mental health by taking their dogs on the roads with them. In fact, 19% take ...

29 Oct
Actros demo makes a winning start with JAGA Brothers

Rugby fans at haulier Jaga Brothers Transport won’t forget the day a mighty Mercedes-Benz Actros demonstration vehicle arrived at their base in Newport – it was delivered by a true legend of the game Sir Gareth Edwards who has for many years been a Director of Euro Commercials, which repre...

17 Oct
Big or small, Daimler’s trucks have all the answers!

Ammanford-based DJ Davies Fuels acquired its Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor unit and 3.5-tonne FUSO Canter from Euro Commercials, the manufacturer’s representative in South Wales. They have joined a fleet of 15 trucks, which includes a 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Axor and two 7.5-tonne Canters. A...

24 Sep
Employment time bomb ‘could break supply chain’

While much attention has been focused on the latest unemployment figures, the FTA is concerned that the status of European workers within the logistics sector is still to be settled in the ongoing Brexit negotiations.

The FTA wants the Government to clarify the working position for Europe...